Defying textbook science, study finds new role for proteins
Thursday, January 1, 2015 - 19:00
in Biology & Nature
Results from a new study defy textbook science, showing for the first time that the building blocks of a protein, called amino acids, can be assembled without blueprints – DNA and an intermediate template called messenger RNA (mRNA). A team of researchers has observed a case in which another protein specifies which amino acids are added.